Water Services to Schools and Clinics Programme

1. Water Services to Schools and Clinics Programme 20 June 2007 Presentation to Select Committee on Education and Recreation By DWAF 1

2. Outline • Background • Schools Water Services Backlogs • Guiding Principles • Roles and Responsibilities • National Offices • Provincial/Regional Offices • Governance Structure • Integration with Existing programmes • Action Plan • Performance Framework • Challenges • Way Forward

3. Background National Targets: Strategic Framework for Water Services (2003) as approved by Cabinet sets delivery targets for water and sanitation to  Households: • All South Africans have access to adequate water by 2008 • All South Africans have access to adequate sanitation by 2010  Institutional: • All Clinics have adequate water and sanitation by 2007 • All Schools have adequate water and sanitation by 2005

4. Background • Treasury has made available R950 million for Electricity, Water and Sanitation backlog eradication in schools and clinics • It has been agreed with DME that 70% of this R950m is for water and sanitation backlog eradication, which amounts to R665m. • R105m in 2007/8, • R210m in 2008/9, • R350m in 2009/10 • DWAF to implement the program on behalf of DoE and DoH.

5. Schools Water Services Backlogs (Un-audited) Unchanged, prior to database handover by NDoE 5

6. Guiding Principles • Framework on utilization of funds developed and adopted by DoE, DME, DWAF, and DoH • Collaboration between national and provincial departments in the implementation of the program • Integrate school programme with existing school infrastructure programme • Framework for allocation • Priority 1: Schools without water services infrastructure • Priority 2:Schools with inadequate water services Infrastructure • 2007/8 allocation to be utilized for water services backlogs in clinics to meet the December 2007 target • Remaining 2007/8 budget will be utilized in some schools without water services infrastructure (estimated to 5% of water services backlog)

7. Roles and Responsibilities: National Offices National Treasury (NT) • Provide funds and monitor expenditure DWAF National Offices • Administer water services budget • Provide Macro Planning support • Monitor Implementation and expenditure • Establish national steering committee and support provincial governing structures • Coordinate Sector Reporting DPLG, DME, Salga • Steering committee members • Provide strategic guidance and ensure integration with water service programme National Departments of Education and Health • Confirm and supply needs to DWAF national office • Strategic Oversight • Provincial Coordination • Reporting on existing programmes

8. Roles and Responsibilities :Provincial / Regional Offices Provincial Departments of Education and Health • Confirm and supply needs data to their National Offices • Monitor Implementation • Provide Strategic guidance through established Provincial Steering committees DWAF Regional Offices • Regional Programme Management • Appointment and Management of Implementing Agents • Monitor implementation • Sector reporting to DWAF national and relevant provincial structures

9. Roles and Responsibilities: Governance Structure

10. Integration of Water Services to Schools programme with Existing initiatives • Acknowledgement of existing Provincial infrastructure programs • Integrate the DWAF led water services to provincial infrastructure delivery programmes • Report progress on integrated school programme • DWAF provide strategic guidance to existing Provincial infrastructure programme

11. Action Plan • Implementation framework for schools developed and submitted to Minister of Education in February 2007 by national DoE • Confirmation of backlogs by national and provincial departments of Education underway : due end June 2007 • Identification of schools needing immediate intervention : Mid July 2007 • Determine of technology options and design accordingly : end July • Allocation of budget to provinces through DWAF regional offices: mid July 2007 • Finalization of Implementing agents appointments: August 2007 • Programme management • Identification of existing implementation agents with capacity to deliver : June 2007

12. Performance Framework 12

13. Challenges • The MTEF identified budget is inadequate to address the existing needs • The Physical condition of existing infrastructure increases the backlog as many fall under inadequate water services • Demand for waterborne sanitation system

14. Way Forward • Determination of new target date for water services to Schools by Ministers of Water Affairs and Forestry and Education • Integration of DWAF Led programme with existing infrastructure delivery programmes • Finalization of provincial implementation plans • Finalization of Implementing Agents appointments by DWAF

15. Thank you